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Crochet fall leaf garland: nine autumn leaves on a chain

Chain 11 and work up one side of the chain in stitches that grow from single to treble crochet and back, turn the tip, mirror them down the other side, add a stem, then join 9 leaves on a chain cord.

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Worked around a chainUS termsHook: 5 mm (US H-8), or the size that gives you gaugeSize from your washed swatchworsted yarn

Know these stitches: chain, single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, treble crochet, slip stitch

The finished fall leaf garland.

Materials and yarn planning

Yarns we’ve reviewed that suit it: Knit Picks Dishie Cone yarn, Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton worsted yarn, Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran. For the hook, choose by size and handle.

To buy for a set, make one complete motif first and weigh it: multiply by the number you need, add a little for joins and finishing, and divide by the ball weight on the label. A rectangular swatch cannot predict yarn for this shape. With a total length instead, the yarn-length-to-balls calculator gives the ball count.

Finished size and gauge

The leaf’s length is set by its 11 chains and its width by the treble crochets. With a 5 mm hook a chain is usually a little over half a centimeter long, so each leaf comes out about 6 to 7 cm long without its stem, and the cord of 170 chains about a meter, plus the tails. For a longer garland, add 15 chains and a leaf for each extra leaf. These are calculations from the counts, not a measured sample.

The gauge calculator compares your swatch with the pattern. A stitch name you do not know is in the abbreviation chart; a UK pattern’s names are in the US/UK term reference.

The pattern

Count rows for this pattern

Leaves: make 9, 3 in each color

  1. Chain 11. Side 1: starting in the second chain from the hook, work 1 single crochet, 1 half double crochet, 2 double crochets, 2 treble crochets, 1 double crochet, 1 half double crochet and 1 single crochet, one stitch in each chain: 9 stitches.
  2. Tip: in the last chain, work 1 single crochet, chain 2 and 1 more single crochet. Rotate the work so you can work along the other side of the chain.
  3. Side 2, along the other side of the same chains: 1 single crochet, 1 half double crochet, 1 double crochet, 2 treble crochets, 2 double crochets, 1 half double crochet and 1 single crochet: 9 stitches. Each stitch sits opposite its twin on side 1, so the leaf is even.
  4. Stem: slip stitch into the skipped first chain, chain 5, slip stitch in the second chain from the hook and in the next 3 chains, then slip stitch into the base of the leaf. Fasten off: 20 stitches around the leaf.

The garland

  1. Leave a tail about 40 cm long and chain 25 for the hanging end.
  2. [Slip stitch into the end of a leaf’s stem, chain 15] 9 times, taking the colors in turn.
  3. Chain 10 more, 170 chains in all, and fasten off with another 40 cm tail. Tie each tail into a loop for hanging.

Check the work

Each side has 9 stitches in the same order, so the treble crochets face each other across the chain and the leaf is the same on both sides.

Stitches on side 1, at the tip, on side 2, and around one leaf9 · 2 · 9 · 20
  • If the leaf curls, the treble crochets are tighter than the short stitches: work them a little looser, or go up half a hook size.
  • If one side is longer, a chain was skipped or worked twice: count the stitches on each side before the stem.
  • Leaves made in wool can be wet blocked flat and left to dry; acrylic leaves can be steamed lightly from above, without touching the iron to the yarn.

Updated . Stitch counts checked row by row; we haven’t crocheted a sample of this one yet. How the patterns are checked. Keep your yarn label, hook and swatch on the printable project worksheet.

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